Saint Martin: Sculptural Portrait of a Homeless Man

When in London in the fall of 1988, my husband Jeff insisted that I re-enter the St. Martin-in-the-Fields church to see something I had overlooked during the concert. In a side pew of the famous church a homeless man was sitting perfectly still, his hat covering his face, his outstretched arms propped up by a few bundles of possessions. The only clues that this was a man and not a sculpture were his long grey beard and the ruddy hands which dangled, motionless, at the ends of his sleeves.

Click the image to read the PDF version of this flyer about the sculptural installation project inspired by this man. The Donation Box collected more than $1000 for the New Haven Community Soup Kitchen. Affixed to the donation box was a customized flyer for that installation. On the reverse of the flyer was a poem by my brother, Arthur Steuer, written in response to this sculpture of Saint Martin.

read the flyer…